OK. I know the title of this one is weird. But there is logic behind this whole thing. So I'm getting back into the swing of working out again. Things are going well and I'm feeling good about it. I don't mind the recreation center as they have an adequate assortment of machines to work on. The people there are pretty friendly and there is usually an old lady that needs my assistance moving some part of a machine (I swear they wait for me to show up before they need help, it happens every frickin time I go. Maybe I just look like a helpful young man...I don't know....but I digress). So I finish my workout and I'm heading back to the locker room. Here is where we reach the climax of our story.

Every time I walk into that locker room, I am immediately confronted with at least one, possibly up to three BUTT NAKED OLD MEN! Seriously! What the frick is up with old guys and just hanging out naked in the locker room after a workout?! I just want to get to my locker and get my keys without being confronted with the decay of modern man! I mean, can't I just wash my hands without seeing an 86 year old gentleman saunter over from the bench (where his clothes are sitting in plain reach!) and across the room to stand at the urinal?! How hard is it to just put on your briefs or something? I'd offer to help if I wasn't too busy figuring out how I can manuever my way around the locker room without touching someone I am intentionally not looking at.

Do they just not care anymore? Is it just that they have gotten to the age where they think, "Who is there to impress? I just had my colon scraped and frankly, I don't care who sees it!" This is our most likely scenario in my opinion. I think they are just so far past the age of concern over physical appearance that it is a complete non-issue. However, that is no excuse for subjecting me (an innocent 23 year old just trying to stay in shape) to a daily barrage of gray, wrinkly love handles and saggy butts.

In conclusion, I still feel the drive and the need to work out and stay in a fit and strong condition, so I must continue to navigate the old naked guy mine field that is the men's locker room. It is a cross that I must bear.